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hi everybody,
I am from Italy and I still am not sure if I am Asperger (or a high functioning autistic person) or not.
I don't know how many people from foreign countries there are on this forum, so I apologize if my English won't be always correct, please feel free to correct me when needed.
I am waiting for a diagnosis, I have the first encounter with a psychologist who is an expert in this area in about 2 weeks.
My boyfriend (who is american and asperger himself) was the first one to tell me that I I could have been asperger .
He said he had had this feeling about me since the first time he met me, but he only told me some months ago.
I didn't take his words too seriously at the beginning, I thought I was too much functioning to possibly have something to do with autism. But then I have begun to research (more because of my boyfriend than because of myself) and I have read all that I could. The more I read, the more I recognized myself.
Yes, it is true, I am an adult and I have found a lot of strategies to cope with a great amount of everyday problems, and probably my position in the spectrum is quite close to the neurotypical, but yes... I totally could be.
Then it happened to me to read Aspergirls by Rudy Simone, and I could relate with almost everything.
Since I am not the kind of person who can stand the uncertainity I have taken an appointment for a diagnosis and I will know soon if my doubts are real or not.

Anyway, here I am.
I hope I will find some answers to my doubts here and I will learn more about this subject.

There are many people from non-English-speaking countries here. Including Italy. Peacesells is from Anzio, Italy.

I've been to Roma, Venezia, and Bari.

I should drive in the countryside sometime.

Welcome to Wrong Planet.

What are you especially interested in?

You are most welcome here on WP, whether you happen to be autistic or not.

You can learn quite a bit by reading the posts here.

You should read all the subforums, not just the General Autism subforum.

But, if you go into Philosophy, Politics, and Religion, people can get a little rough there. Just take it for what it is: People trying to get their point across, and trying to "win" at the same time.

By the way LOL....I'm mad at the Roma police. I once forgot to validate my ticket on a tram, and got fined 50 Euro!! !

Welcome! I hope this site helps you learn about yourself.

Thank you!

There's even a section where you can post in Italian, or any language other than English.

There's at least a few Italians here, so that you just might get a response if you start a thread.

I bet you'll get lots of responses, too, if you tell us how you met your American husband!

Reminds me of an old TV show from the 1960s called "To Rome with Love."

Americans tend to find Italians romantic.

Europeans tend to be more multilingual than Americans.

Do you know any other language other than Italian and English?

People love stories about how people overcome tragedy, and fall in love anyway.

I feel, if you write about it, and write about it well, it might sell!

People think that this is more "the real deal" than somebody falling in love at first sight, and then the couple living "happily ever after."

There's a Latin thread in the "other languages" subforum.

There's a few Portuguese threads.

There are people here who like Anime, and Japanese culture in general. If you start a thread in Japanese (especially if using Roman letters), you'll probably get responses.